Because you are too nice to forget

Hello, today something for a male :-) kind of a drastic change compared to the last few cards, posted :-) I need a card for my step-father and omg i can not believe it how in time iam. The card came together with that new Fiskars punch i bought the other day. Isn't it crazy.. i thought its a nice match to the Marrakech paper and the Magnolia "Elephant". Oh well.. spent money in the past on other crazy things lol.

The inside of the card says "because you are too nice to forget ~ Happy Birthday"

Stamps: Magnolia Rubberstamps "Pet Collection" 2009 Elephant, Sentiment: Stampin up "older and wiser" (retired)Papers: Basic Grey 6x6 "Marrakech"Tools: Fiskars border punchEmbellishments: Stampin up, Recollections

Hello Card

I do agree the papers are not very tropical but so pretty :-) i kind of like the combination paper and stamp. :-) I like to leave some cards without a sentiment.. this way i can just use them when i need one for an occasion. Always nice to have something like this in the drawer.
The card is sized 5.5 x 5.5
Stamps: Magnolia Pet Collection " Parrot"
Papers: Basic Grey "Urban Prairie"
Embellishments: Hero Arts Pearl Stickers, Shimmerz "Under the Sea" paint
Tools: Nestabilities Label

Hello Candy Wrapper

Okay.. :-) i promise ...this is for now my last gift set made with the Magnolia Pet Collection stamps. Can you believe it??? The set is inspired by some Haribo candies my friend Crissy sent my son Lucas. The bag had the same parrot on the front.. i just colored it a bit different to match my paper. The parrot is first colored with Copic markers but than i added a thin coat with Shimmerz paint "under the sea" as you can see it still lets the colors shine through but gives a nice shine and sparkle

Stamps: Magnolia Pet Collection " Parrot"
Papers: Basic Grey "Urban Prairie"
Embellishments: Hero Arts Pearl Stickers, Shimmerz "Under the Sea" paint
Tools: Nestabilities Label

Hei Kitty Kitty Gift Set # 4 part 2

Hello, a wonderful Wednesday to all of you. Almost done with the Pet Collection Gift Sets.. only one little set to go :-) I really felt very inspired the very cute and versatile stamps.

Here are a few shots of the post it note that i have altered. A friend made for me a while a go a few plain holders with her bind it all. The cardboard was orange. So i used my Copic Airbrush System and a black marker color it all black. NOTE: be careful around the wires or use later dark ribbons. To close the post it note i used some Velcro.. would have loved the Basic Grey magnets a bit better, but i had none left.

Since this is part of a birthday gift i had planned to add some candy inside the tin.. hmm.. lol.. i have to admit.. i ate the candy :-) Miami here i come! So instead of candy i have added a tube of black and white Prima Flowers. Hei.. that's better for shipping anyways lol

Stamps: Magnolia Pet Collection "Tilda with Kitten" and "Cat", Stampin up (sentiments)
Papers/Cardstock: Stampin up (walk in the park)
Embellishments: various ribbons mostly by Stampin up, pomp pom by Doodlebug, Hero Arts (pearl stickers), Stickles
Tools: Stampin up (Scallop border punch, Word Window punch)
Nestabilities: Label, Circle large and Circle small, Flower shape

Hei Kitty Kitty Gift Set # 4 part 1

This is one of the gift sets that i have pre-made for this time using the very very cute Pet Collection stamps. Tomorrow i will show you the other 2 parts that go along with the card. It is going to be a present for one friend of mine who's birthday is coming up this month

Stamps: Magnolia "Tilda holding kitten"
Papers: all Stampin up
Embellishments: Making Memories (buttons), Stampin up (floss and ribbon), super cute pompon ribbon recieved through my dear friend Carole xxx
Tools: Nestabilities Label dies
dont forget the very new Nestabilities should be in today and are going fast.

Thank you

Claudia

Hang In there ~ Gift Set #3 part 3 & Stampavie stamps for sale

Edit to add: I was mistaken.. the LeLo Design stamps are not beeing discontinued! Sorry for the confusion!
Good morning, today just a small posting a little gift tag decorated and the picture of the entire "monkey nuts gift set" :-) this lot is already in Sweden at the Magnolia warehouse. If you have an extra minute.. take a peek at some stamps i have for sale?! Thank you all

I am not sure if you if you hared that Stampavie has retired the entire line of Leree Aldrich. Check out the list here at 7 kids College Fund (Thank you Tab, for for the info)

Edit to add: I was mistaken.. the LeLo Design stamps are not beeing discontinued! Sorry for the confusion!

Hang In There ~ Going Nuts ~ Gift Set 3 part 2

Hello ladies, thank you for visiting me today. Gosh a busy week is over.. i have in the morning 8am a little friend of Lucas here now to watch till afternoon. Definitely those little ones keep me moving :-)
For my gift set today i was inspired by that cute little Magnolia monkey. i thought how cute he would be to give a "silly" gift idea.. kind of like some movie tickets and the nuts to go with it. You know.. just something out of the ordinary.

What i have done is to open the clear acetate pillow box (once i designed for store that sold ribbons and that's where got sent in) and layed it flat onto my designer paper. I traced with a pencil the rounding, carefully cutting it out - lay it inside - close and eventually trim some more. The paper is double sided so one side shows the polka dot paper and than the "half" side the orange "botanical" side. The piece of scrap that i have created was used to decorate the matching tag.

Stamps: Magnolia - Pet Collection 2009
Sentiment" Hang in There" & "Monkey"

Paper: all by stampin up
Embellishments: all by Stampin up

Hang in there ~ Gift Set 3 part 1

oookay.. lol that was not intended... :-) lol worked on some postings.. and must have hit publish button by accident now my card is already posted :-) wink

Stamps: Magnolia Pet Collection

Tilda Tours

Hello :-) an other Magnolia card lol.. what can i say ?! Simply love them. This card is on the way to Sweden. Kept it simple, just one sheet of Design Paper.

Stamps: Jungle Tilda , Tilda and Edwin Tours can be found in the Pet Collection 2009

Design Paper: Stampin Up (Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa), Imaginice (Wild Things line)Embellishments: Raffia (Michaels), Making Memories (brads)
Tools: Nestabilities (large circle set), Creative Memories (circle shapes), Cuttlebug Embossing folder,

Best Friends - Pet Collection #2 part 2

Hello girls, thank you for clicking by today. Today i would love to show you the entire gift set using the new Magnolia Pet Collection stamps. I thought this would be so cute little gift for a girl with a pony or horse.

The bag is one of those i am getting my buttons in. I usually buy the FoFaLa buttons and when i get them home i poor them in other containers. On the picture below you can see how i have created the label. What i have done is - i used the Sizzix scalloped circle (a bit bigger than Nesties) and roughly estimated the center and cut with my Excacto knife from the left and the right a piece out so there would be rectangular shape in the middle left. Fold it down and used that piece as a holder. My English most likely does not make ANY sense at all right now. hahaha

If you like to order some Stampin up stuff.. my friend Carole is a Stampin up Demonstrator in England, you could contact her here to get some of the new Stampin up stuff. :-)

Stamps: Magnolia Pet Collection "Tilda w. Holster"

CS/Design Paper: My Minds Eye (exact paper line unknown), Stampin up (Cranberry Crisp, True Thyme)

Tools: Sizzix Scalloped Circle die

Embellishments: Ranger liquid pearls, Prima Marketing (Roses), Offray (ribbon), Button from stash

Remember: All the cute Pet Collection stamps can now be pre-ordered over at 7Kids College Fund

Best Buddies - #2 Gift Set part 1

Hello, it is Friday again and time for an other fun sketch to be inspired over on the Friday Sketcher blog. Check out Bea's fantastic sketch. I have used the new Tilda from the Pet Collection and combined her with "Brunte" the horse, she can be found in the Spring 2008 Collection. Gosh.. i love this horse.. i have made lots and lots of cards with her. :-)

Recipe: Stamps: Tilda w. holster from the Pet Collection, horse from the Magnolia Spring Collection 2008

CS/Paper: Stampin up (Cranberry Crisp), My Minds Eye (line unknown 2009)

Embellishments: Creative Imaginacions (flower found at Archivers), Joanns (lace)

Copyrights: Sadly i have to post this again, if i do NOT design for you, do not download any of my pictures and use them on your own site for advertisement or for publications without my permission.

Thank you dear Rach for creating this super pretty watermark for me. I love it :-) It only took me from Febuary this year til just now to figure out how to add it. lol..not my fault of course.. its the computer hahaha.

Celebrate - Lion & Elephant Gift set #1 part 2

Hello and a wonderful day. We have had so much rain yesterday, it was really hard for me to get nice pictures of my DT cards. I must mail my stuff back to Magnolia Sweden. sniff sniff and are not able to get new pictures taken. The coloring looks all washed out. The bag was created for Cute Cards Thursday Challenge "Tag it". Below is a group shot of the entire gift set.

I don't know why blogger sometimes does not show up pictures in big when you click on them. I was never able to figure that out. So, just in case it does not work once the posting is up.. here is a shot zoomed into the coloring details.

Last but not least i would like to say thanks to all of you who have left me such kinds a comments on the Shimmerz Blog candy posting. The response to this amazing prize is just fabulous! Thank you ladies!

To decorate the back site of the gift bag i have used the same paper, some stitching and "one in a Million" sentiment stamp.

Stamps: All Magnolia Pet Collection 2009, Happy Birthday can be found in the Chasing Butterfly Collection 2009

Papers: Stampin up (Cholate Chip), My Minds Eye (Penny Lane) DCVW (Safari)

Embellishments / Tools: Stampin up, Martha Stewart (Arched Lattice punch), Making Memories

Coloring: Copic Sketch Markers

To color the Elephant i have used lots of Warm Grey makers rather the Cool colors because of the tone of the Designer paper. I stayed with the low numbers so the elephant did not turn out black and used R20 for cheeks blending with C1. Colors for Lion can be found in my posting from yesterday. Airbrushing was done with E51

I would now love to sent you over to dear Linda's blog "Linanna Designs" to take a peek at her fabulous blog candy!

Celebrate - Lion Gift set #1

Hello thanks for swinging by today. As you know the Magnolia DT is very busy to show you lots of cards with the new fabulous "Pet Collection". My approach to this kit this time was to show you how wonderful those stamps are to make cute little gifts for kids AND adults. Some are quickly made some not... Since my kids are home from school i do not have too much time for crafting so i have to split my postings up. I wished i could post one set in one posting :-). Please come tomorrow and see the second part of my first gift set ( i have in total 4 sets made). I thought it might be helpful for some of you if i took the numbers down that i have used to color the lion in.

Copics: E31(shadows & ears, E34 (tail, mane & ears), E11 (tummy), E17 (Tail, mane), E51 (blending), YR20 (body), YR21 (dark lights on body), Y23 (mane), R20 (checks, nose & paws)

Here is how i have made the card. First i have stamped the palm tree (Magnolia Party Collection 2008) than stamped the lion (Magnolia Pet Collection 2009) right over the palm without masking and again on a second piece. Airbrushed with E50 over the entire image, colored everything in, and cut the second lion out adhered it with pop up dots over the lion with palm tree.

Papers: (Stampin up Chocolate chip), DCVW (Safari), My Minds Eye (Penny Lane)

Embellishments: Stampin up (Ribbons), FoFaLa (Buttons), Making Memories (safety pin, brads)

Tools: Cuttlebug (Tiny Tags), Martha Stewart (arched lattice border punch)

You can pre-order all the new Pet Collection stamps at 7kids college fund or get some cuties from any of the other Collections RIGHT NOW :-) to play with!

Happy Birthday

Hello today Shimmerz is celebrating 1 year anniversary! You could win a really fabulous and generous prize sponsored by the very kind Stacey McElyea. If you have arrived here from Christine Penaflor's blog , then you are on your way. If you haven't, then you will want to go back and start at the Shimmerz blog and get your words in the in the correct order. We hope you are enjoying celebrating with Shimmerz and the entire Team! My card for today uses Shimmerz Celery paint on the liguana.

Stamps: Magnolia Pet Collection "Edwin with Lizard", Sign and "Hanging Leaves" by Magnolia Sweden.

You and also now already pre order those stamps over at 7 Kids College Fund!

CS/Design Paper: Stampin up (Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive), My Minds Eye (Penny Lane)

Embellishments: Robins Nest (mowed grass), Stampin up (hemp and twine)

Okay, so your secret word from me is "YOU" and now I am going to send to send you over to Danielle Wycough blog . Remember to be eligible for the grand prize you need to leave a comment at every blog on the hop.

Thank you!

Just Me And My Kitten

Hello i hope you and you family have had a fabulous weekend! Wow.. the new Magnolia Pet Collection stamps are just so adorable. Iam sure they will be posted soon on the store site for everybody to order. My card for today is created for 2 Challenge sites i am on... please check them out there are fabulous prized up to win just for making a card! The Copic Challenge blog wants you to color something "Wood" and on "Stamp With Fun" we want to see "Polka Dots" pretty easy right :-)

I know this pic looks kind of funny lol but it it was the best way to take a picture of the shimmer that i have created by using Shimmerz "Baby's Breath" spritz! I love it and i just spritzed of the entire card with flowers (focal point image not - i adered it to the card once dried)

Supplies: Tilda with Kitten from the New Pet Collection, Kitchen bench can be found in the Valentines line 2008
you can pre-order those stamps also over at 7kids College Fund

Cardstock/Design Paper: Stampin up (Very Vanilla, River Rock) Basic Grey (Wisteria)

Embellishments: Shimmerz (Baby's Breath Spritz), Prima Marketing (Bling Flourishes, Flowers) Making Memories (brads), Stampin up (Vanilla Taffeta), Fo Fa La (button), Hero Arts (Pearl stickers)

Tools: Nestabilities (Label 4), Martha Stewart (Doily Lace border punch)
Copic Sketch Markers used on bench: e55, e53, e39,e24,e31, yg91 and brown prisma color pencils. One more about the colors... i have found that the color B60 is really a wonderful color to use with the lilac soft lilac colors. I used the technique shown in my tutorial here with some darker colors (BV11) to color her dress in.
Quick Reminder, dont forget to pre-order the new StampClub SUMMER 2009 stamps. I assume the possibility to order the kit will be closing soon. You do not want to miss this great opportunity to get these cute stamps for an absolute fantastic price! (i almost forgot to order the Spring Kit, thats why iam mentioning it)

For Somebirdy Special

Hello and a wonderful weekend. Finally we are catching up with this things. My AC AND my dryer broke and yesterday i have had a handyman over and at least the AC is replaced yeeeahh :-) For my second card with the new Pet Collection stamps i have picked Tilda with Bird cage and combined her with some Design Papers from the Basic Grey Porcelain papers. Iam sure you were thinking the same.. that paper is just a match made in heaven lol. Simple layout so the pattern can show.

Stamps: Tilda with Birdhouse and sentiment "Pet Collection 2009"

Papers: Basic Grey "Porcelain Papers" 6x6, Stampin up: Vanilla, Cameo Coral, River Rock

Tools: Martha Stuart "Doily Lace" and Butterfly punch, Nestabilities: Label 4 and Tag Ribbons slider dies.

Embellishments: Martha Stewart and Hero Arts Pearl stickers

Edit: Sorry to mention this, if i do NOT design for you, please do not download my pictures and use them on your own site for advertisement without asking me. If you like the sample cards for your store site you must give proper credit to the Designer. Thank you for understanding.

Hi, My Name Is Eli... And Iam New

Well.. what can i say.. doing the happy dance.. got yesterday my DT stamps from Magnolia Sweden :-) So i made a second card for the Friday Sketcher Challenge and will my other card a little later. Who can resist this cute Elephant stamp :-) For my first card i colored "her" in pink - Grey can always be next :-) right? i have used R81, R83, R85 and some C1. The sentiment is also in the new Pet Collection available. Iam sooo happy that i can get now just EVERY kind of stamp at one place - and they all match and so convenient :-)

The new Pet Collection stamps should soon be available in the Magnolia, Sweden Web Shop.

Papers: all DCWV: Safari and Sweet. SU (Cholate & Very Vanilla)

Embellishments/Tools: Stampin up Ribbon, Top Note Sizzix, Fiskars Border punch

Hop over to the Friday Sketcher blog.. Tab from 7kids is sponsoring for this week a Magnolia stamp.

My very talented friend Jeanette has created the sketch for this week. Thanks Jeanette... (sorry i could not resist to add a little here and there) wink - please visit her personal blog to drop her a little line for her very frist week on the FS blog and while you are there don't forget to look at the fabulous blog candy she is offering !

I Love My Cat - Sneek Peek Pet Collection

Hello and good morning.. my card uses the wonderful sketch my friend Jaqueline created for the Friday Sketcher blog. Check it out.. we have so many different sample cards to see what is possible with this sketch. I just mounted my octagon on my 6x6 card base lol. To cut the perfect ankled corners i used my Scor-pal cutting mat and lined my cs on the 45 degree angle (click on link and you will see what i mean) and cut with an exacto knife. That was the easy part but boy the stitched "x" with hemp on my card took long. At one point i regretted that idea lol.

Stamps: Magnolia " Tilda from the Pet Collection" Cat in the inside can be found in a 2007 Collection

Sentiment: computer generated

Papers/CS: Bo Bunny "Pet", Making Memories "Chloes Closet" Stampin up (Kraft, Blue, Vanilla, Chocolate Chip)

Tools: Stampin up punch, Scor Pal self healing cutting mat

Embellishments: Mother of pearl fish embellishment and flower button received from Heidi over on Papirverden for Christmas :-) everything else is by Stampin up

Friend - Magnolia Pet Collection

Hello and good morning. Today i would like to invite you over to a new challenge blog :-) i know, i know... there are many out there lol.. but if you just purchased some Copic's or you are already compftable using your markers.. why dont you come over to "Copic Creations" Challenge blog and show there your card/project or even a scrapbook page? My very sweet and talented friend Mary has organized this new blog! So make sure to drop her a line because she did a fantastic job in setting this all up and also organizing a prize for one of you. Tab from 7 Kids College fund has kindly sponsored a very generous blog candy.. make sure to check out her wonderful inventory for Copics AND everything else you need to get started.

My card is made with a stamped image of a very, very new Magnolia :-) juuhuuu.. she must be from the Pet Collection Thank you Jaqueline for sending me this image!! xxxxxxxxxxx